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Steve Whitaker

Stephen Edward Whitaker

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 7, 1943 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Lincoln HS (Tacoma, WA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1966
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pilots/Giants 1966-1970

Final Game: May 9, 1970
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1962	19	NYY-min	D,C	80	284	257	46	55	4	3	10	32	3	0	26	42	.214	.289	.370	.658		95		1	0	0			SHL,IDF · WCAR,PION
1963	20	NYY-min	A	103	359	359		92	10	10	14						.256	.256	.457	.713		164							FTL,SHL,IDF · FLOR,WCRS,PION
1964	21	NYY-min	A	113	396	396		120	24	8	27						.303	.303	.609	.912		241							GBO · CARL
1965	22	NYY-min	AA,A	132	476	448	41	107	22	5	13	46	2	2	28	91	.239	.284	.397	.681		178							CBS,FTL · SOUL,FLOR
1966	23	NYY-min	AA,AAA	121	490	430	69	129	19	5	25	87	3	1	57	105	.300	.382	.542	.923		233		1	0	2			CBS,TOL · SOUL,IL
1966	23	NYY	AL	31	124	114	15	28	3	2	7	15	0	0	9	24	.246	.306	.491	.798	131	56	0	1	0	0	0	89/7
1967	24	NYY	AL	122	472	441	37	107	12	3	11	50	2	5	23	89	.243	.283	.358	.641	93	158	6	3	2	3	2	*978
1968	25	CHW-NYY-min	AAA	28	93	80	11	23	6	0	2	81	1	0	12	15	.288	.376	.438	.814		35		0	0	1			HAW,SYR · PCL,IL
1968	25	NYY	AL	28	68	60	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	1	8	18	.117	.221	.150	.371	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	/879
1969	26	VAN	AAA	27	81	71	14	20	7	0	6	10	0	0	8	12	.282	.358	.634	.992		45		1	0	1			VAN · PCL
1969	26	SEP	AL	69	130	116	15	29	2	1	6	13	2	0	12	29	.250	.323	.440	.763	115	51	1	1	0	1	1	79
1970	27	SFG-min	AAA	83	256	224	31	52	7	2	16	53	0	0	27	45	.232	.314	.496	.809		111		1	1	3			PHX · PCL
1970	27	SFG	NL	16	30	27	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.111	.167	.148	.315	-14	4	1	0	0	1	0	7/
1971	28	SDP-min	AAA	111	330	300	41	81	19	3	9	37	0	0	26	56	.270	.334	.443	.778		133		3	1	0			HAW · PCL
1972	29	SDP-min	AAA	95	278	250	30	71	16	3	5	37	3	3	26	32	.284	.350	.432	.782		108		0	1	1			HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				266	824	758	73	174	20	6	24	85	4	6	54	174	.230	.283	.367	.650	92	278	8	5	2	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	502	462	44	106	12	4	15	52	2	4	33	106	.230	.283	.367	.650	92	169	5	3	1	3	2

NYY (3 yrs)				181	664	615	55	142	17	5	18	68	2	6	40	131	.231	.281	.363	.644	93	223	6	4	2	3	2
SFG (1 yr)				16	30	27	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.111	.167	.148	.315	-14	4	1	0	0	1	0
SEP (1 yr)				69	130	116	15	29	2	1	6	13	2	0	12	29	.250	.323	.440	.763	115	51	1	1	0	1	1

AL (4 yrs)				250	794	731	70	171	19	6	24	81	4	6	52	160	.234	.288	.375	.663	97	274	7	5	2	4	3
NL (1 yr)				16	30	27	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.111	.167	.148	.315	-14	4	1	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1966	23	NYY	AL	31	124	6	-0	1	-0	-1	5	0.5	4	8	0.8	.518	.504	0.9	-0.2	9	$	89/7
1967	24	NYY	AL	122	472	0	-5	1	-3	-5	-12	-1.7	13	1	-0.4	.488	.491	0.1	-1.1	4	$	*978
1968	25	NYY	AL	28	68	-6	0	0	0	-0	-5	-0.7	2	-4	-0.5	.475	.496	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$15,000	/879
1969	26	SEP	AL	69	130	1	0	1	-1	-2	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.4	-0.4	3	$15,000	79
1970	27	SFG	NL	16	30	-5	-0	-0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.460	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	7/
5 Seasons				266	824	-4	-5	2	-5	-9	-20	-2.7	23	3	-0.4	.491	.497	0.4	-1.8	7	$30,000

NYY (3 yrs)				181	664	-0	-5	2	-2	-6	-13	-1.9	19	6	-0.1	.491	.497	0.5	-1.2	8	$15,000
SFG (1 yr)				16	30	-5	-0	-0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.460	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$
SEP (1 yr)				69	130	1	0	1	-1	-2	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.4	-0.4	3	$15,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1966	23	NYY	AL	124	86	18	5.6	86	.253	.246	.242	.306	.308	.491	.374	.798	.682	131	.662	3.7	0.4	.767	.325	.246	.0
1967	24	NYY	AL	472	350	43	3.3	80	.279	.243	.238	.283	.306	.358	.357	.641	.663	93	.446	-5.3	-0.6	.525	.161	.116	3.4
1968	25	NYY	AL	68	54	2	1.0	76	.167	.117	.232	.221	.301	.150	.344	.371	.645	17	.091	-5.7	-0.7	.296	.150	.033
1969	26	SEP	AL	130	89	18	5.5	92	.280	.250	.251	.323	.327	.440	.379	.763	.706	115	.616	1.8	0.2	.750	.310	.190	3.0
1970	27	SFG	NL	30	26	1	1.0	103	.214	.111	.266	.167	.338	.148	.406	.315	.745	-14	.060	-4.4	-0.4	.240	.111	.037
5 Yrs				824	605	82	3.7	84	.265	.230	.241	.283	.310	.367	.363	.650	.674	92	.476	-9.8	-1.1	.560	.206	.137	6.9
162 Game Avg.				502	368	50	3.7	84	.265	.230	.241	.283	.310	.367	.363	.650	.674	92	.476	-9.8	-1.1	.560	.206	.137	4

NYY (3 yrs)				664	490	63	3.5	81	.264	.231	.238	.281	.306	.363	.359	.644	.665	93	.465	-7.3	-0.8	.542	.190	.132	3.6
SFG (1 yr)				30	26	1	1.0	103	.214	.111	.266	.167	.338	.148	.406	.315	.745	-14	.060	-4.4	-0.4	.240	.111	.037
SEP (1 yr)				130	89	18	5.5	92	.280	.250	.251	.323	.327	.440	.379	.763	.706	115	.615	1.8	0.2	.750	.310	.190	3.0

AL (4 yrs)				794	579	81	3.8	83	.267	.234	.240	.288	.309	.375	.362	.663	.671	97	.494	-5.5	-0.6	.574	.209	.141	6.9
NL (1 yr)				30	26	1	1.0	103	.214	.111	.266	.167	.338	.148	.406	.315	.745	-14	.060	-4.4	-0.4	.240	.111	.037

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	23	NYY	AL	124	5.7%	19.4%	7.3%	9.7%	43%	2.67	4.8	16.3	7.6	1.11	67%
1967	24	NYY	AL	472	2.3%	18.9%	4.9%	5.5%	24%	3.87	5.0	40.1	8.8	1.05	73%
1968	25	NYY	AL	68	0.0%	26.5%	11.8%	2.9%	29%	2.25	3.3		20.0	0.94	62%
1969	26	SEP	AL	130	4.6%	22.3%	9.2%	6.9%	31%	2.42	4.0	19.3	8.9	0.61	63%
1970	27	SFG	NL	30	0.0%	46.7%	6.7%	3.3%	33%	7.00	1.9		6.8	0.33	47%
5 Yrs				824	2.9%	21.1%	6.6%	6.1%	29%	3.22	4.4	31.6	8.9	0.94	69%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.85	5.8	43.5	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	23	NYY	AL	3.7	0.4	125	0.4	2.4	-2.1	1.00	0.9	-0.6	7.8	0.8	0.88	10.7		0
1967	24	NYY	AL	-5.3	-0.6	484	0.1	8.8	-8.7	1.10	0.1	-0.1	5.5	0.6	0.99	7.1	1.18	10
1968	25	NYY	AL	-5.8	-0.7	70	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	1.23	-0.7	-0.0	-6.3	-0.7	1.08	-5.9	2.12	13
1969	26	SEP	AL	1.8	0.2	135	0.2	2.5	-2.3	1.04	0.3	-0.1	2.3	0.2	0.91	4.4	1.26	25
1970	27	SFG	NL	-4.4	-0.4	30	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.25	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.03	-4.4	1.26	6
5 Yrs				-10.0	-1.1	844	-0.6	14.9	-15.5	1.09	0.3	-0.9	5.7	0.6	0.97	11.9	1.45	54

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	23	NYY	AL	3	26%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	2	56%	5	2	3	1	1	0	3	0	2
1967	24	NYY	AL	11	21%	186	2	5	29%	1	5	1	1	14	7	49%	20	14	5	2	1	1	13	2	11
1968	25	NYY	AL	0	20%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	3	1	67%	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1969	26	SEP	AL	0	25%	53	2	0	100%	2	0	0	1	4	3	82%	7	1	6	1	1	0	3	0	3
1970	27	SFG	NL	0	60%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				14	23%	303	4	6	40%	3	6	1	2	23	13	56%	35	20	14	6	3	3	20	2	17

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1966	23	NYY	AL	124	72%	28			0	0	0	0		7	1	1	4	3	4	3	1	0	0		22	0	0%	8	2	25%	56	8	14%	1	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
1967	24	NYY	AL	472	71%	107			10	4	0	0	1.18	11	0	12	8	3	9	2	0	2	2	100%	98	6	6%	48	14	29%	299	48	16%	26	17	65%	11	5	45%	0
1968	25	NYY	AL	68	91%	7			13	2	0	0	2.12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	0	0%	9	1	11%	53	3	6%	4	1	25%	5	0	0%	0
1969	26	SEP	AL	130	84%	29			25	5	0	1	1.26	6	0	2	4	2	6	0	0	0	0		23	1	4%	13	2	15%	60	8	13%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1970	27	SFG	NL	30	80%	3			6	2	0	1	1.26	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	1	20%	24	4	17%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				824	75%	174			54	13	0	2	1.45	24	1	20	16	8	19	5	1	2	2	100%	166	8	5%	83	20	24%	492	71	14%	39	22	56%	25	10	40%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	23	31	124	114	15	28	3	2	7	15	0	0	9	24	.246	.306	.491	.798	131	56	0	1	0	0	0
1967	24	153	596	555	52	135	15	5	18	65	2	5	32	113	.243	.288	.386	.673	101	214	6	4	2	3	2
1968	25	181	664	615	55	142	17	5	18	68	2	6	40	131	.231	.281	.363	.644	93	223	6	4	2	3	2
1969	26	250	794	731	70	171	19	6	24	81	4	6	52	160	.234	.288	.375	.663	97	274	7	5	2	4	3
1970	27	266	824	758	73	174	20	6	24	85	4	6	54	174	.230	.283	.367	.650	92	278	8	5	2	5	3

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	23	31	129	118	18	31	3	2	8	18	0	10	24	.263	.326	.525	.851	20	31
1967	24	122	491	457	47	123	14	3	13	63	2	26	89	.269	.311	.398	.709	56	122
1968	25	28	72	62	5	9	3	0	0	5	0	10	18	.145	.264	.194	.457	3	28
1969	26	69	133	118	17	31	2	1	6	14	2	13	29	.263	.338	.449	.787	18	69
1970	27	16	32	28	4	4	1	0	0	6	0	3	14	.143	.219	.179	.397	1	16
5 Yrs		266	857	783	91	198	23	6	27	106	4	62	174	.253	.310	.401	.711	98	266
162 Game Avg.		162	522	477	55	121	14	4	16	65	2	38	106	.253	.310	.401	.711	60	266

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